On Sunday, the cast was measured for their costumes.
Earlier that day, the crew from the show prior to ours tore down their set, leaving us with an empty stage. The cast marked the floor with chalk to give a sense of where things will be once the set has been constructed.
This week, the cast continued to practice their blocking. Phil, the director, has been making minor tweaks to his blocking directions.
Although plays are written with very specific characters in mind, the cast portraying said characters doesn't always resemble what the author wanted.
For example, the character Nick is blond. The actor playing Nick, has dark brown hair.
Honey, who is played by Nerissa, weighs slightly more than the character written by Albee.
Jim's character, George, is written as being lean. Jim, however, doesn't quite fit such a description.
Sometimes, the theater prohibits certain activities in the building. In the show, Martha is a smoker, and there are a couple of references to said situation that had to be altered.
It is usually pretty easy to change lines in order to fit the needs of the cast and theater. The important thing is to make sure that the changes don't change the meaning of the content.
The cast ran through the entire show on November 5th, for the first time.
Act One ran from 7:25 to 8:25.
Act Two ran from 8:33 to 9:3.
Act Three ran from 9:44 to 10:30.
